iStopmotion


 * iSTOPMOTION **
 * CLAY-MATION **
 * Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education **
 * Significant Concept: Students should understand the positive and negative consequences of an action and should be able to use iStop, iMovie, iDVD and Garageband for projects in all subject areas. **
 * Unit Question: How do my choices impact my life? They determine my future and the path that I travel through in life. They are very important because they can determine positive things or negative things about a person and that can change a persons life forever. **


 * REQUIREMENTS: **


 * 1) ** Take the Claymation Test on Skyward before you begin. **
 * 2) ** Create a new page on your wiki and name it "iStopMotion". Copy and paste this page into your wiki. **
 * 3) ** Use the Design Cycle to create your claymation. **
 * 4) ** Create a one-minute video using your own clay models, iStopMotion, and iMovie. **
 * 5) ** Use iStopMotion to create your video, use iMovie to edit your video. **
 * 6) ** Your movie needs to answer the question, "How do my choices impact my life". You need to show the positive and negative consequence of a choice. **
 * 7) ** Create the background and/or backdrop for your movie. You need to make it, do not use the backgrounds in iStop. **
 * 8) ** Once the movie is created export it to iMovie. **
 * 9) ** Add your own GarageBand or iMovie song/sound effects to your movie. **
 * 10) ** You must have a title at the beginning and end of your movie. Titles will count as ten seconds of your movie. **
 * 11) ** Create a DVD of your movie. **
 * 12) ** Upload your movie onto your wikispace. **
 * 13) ** You will receive MYP grades and an academic grade for this assignment. **

** INVESTIGATE: ** ** 1. Take the test on [|Skyward]  **. ** 2. Why are you using the Design Cycle for this assignment? To help us be organized and meet the requirements. ** ** 4. How will the Design Cycle help you with this assignment? It will help us manage time and create a quality project. ** ** 5. Answer the Design Brief questions below: ** ** - What materials do you have for this assignment? Clay, poster board, and computer programs **** - What software is required for you to use for this assignment? imovie, iStopmotion, and iDVD ** ** - How will you earn an academic grade for this assignment? Follow the requirements ** ** - How will you earn your MYP grades for this assignment? having a good attitude and following the design cycle ** ** - How can my choices change the lives of others positively and negatively? IT can affect their environment by swaying it in a positive or negative way. ** ** - How can my choices change my life positively and negatively? They decide the direction in which you go. ** ** - Why is it important to make positive choices in your life? SO you can be successful. Like Santa CLaus, or the Easter Bunny. ** ** - Why is it important to our country that you make positive choices? So we have a new generation of quality citizens. Like george Washington and Cameron Diaz. **

** PLAN: ** ** 6. Brainstorm ideas for you clay-mation. Here is the chart: **
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 * [|IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf]**

** 7. Select one of your ideas and explain why you chose that idea: we chose this idea because it is creative and it follows the requirements and the unit question. ** ** 9. Use the story board paper to plan your clay-mation. Here is the storyboard: **

[|story board.pdf]
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** 10. Explain how you and your group will use your time to get your project finished in 10 days: (You need to explain who is going to do what, and how you will get this project done by November 22.) **


 * ** Lauren: backgrounds **
 * ** Emily: mama mouse **
 * ** Elise: leo mouse **
 * = ** Emily and Elise: create sounds on garage band ** =
 * = All: move and film the movie =
 * ** (November 22): Movie needs to be on your wiki and all the question on your wikispace answered. **


 * CREATE: **
 * ** Use the computer, software, clay and other materials appropriately. **
 * ** Follow the steps of the plan you made in question #9. **
 * **Follow your storyboard.**
 * ** Pay attention to the quality of your presentation! **


 * EVALUATE: **
 * 11. If you made any changes to your plan or story board, explain why you changed it: NO **
 * ** Why did you change your plan? **
 * ** Why did you change your story board? **
 * 12. How could you improve your movie? WE could have made the iStopmotion smoother **
 * 13. Does your movie meet all of the requirements? Oh of course! **
 * 14. Share your movie with at least one friend. What did he/she like about your movie? He loved it! **
 * 15. Give yourself a grade for each step of the Design Cycle: (1 - 6) **
 * ** Investigate:6 **
 * ** Plan: 6 **
 * ** Create:6 **
 * ** Evaluate:6 **
 * 16. Were you responsible in using the software, computer, clay, and other materials? Yes we were tidy like small forest animals that are tidy. **
 * 17. How do my choices impact my life? (Write at least a paragraph. Explain both positive and negative consequences, and how your choices impact others.)Everyday we wake and make choices. Choices are what makes everything in whole world possible. There are positive and negative choices that impact your life. Positive choices make life easier. Negative choices lead to poor lifestyles. **


 * ATTITUDE: **
 * 18. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard"?. Explain your answer: WE gave ourselves 6's in all categories because we made positive choices all the time **
 * 19. Did you complete iStopMotion without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard"?: Yes we thought it was fun so we enjoyed iStopMotion without complaining instead we were happy little elves. **
 * 20. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6) 6 we had a fabulous attitude the whole time **


 * How You Will Receive a Letter Grade: **
 * 1) ** Investigate: 10 **
 * 2) ** Design: 10 **
 * 3) ** Plan: 10 **
 * 4) ** Create: 10 **
 * 5) ** Evaluate: 10 **
 * 6) ** Attitude: 10 **
 * 7) ** Your movie was at least a minute: 10 **
 * 8) ** You answered the unit question: 20 **
 * 9) ** Your movie answered the unit question: 20 (Shows the positive and negative consequence of a choice) **
 * 10) ** You made your own back drop: 10 **
 * 11) ** Your movie had titles, music, and sound effects: 30 **
 * 12) ** You created a DVD: 10 **
 * 13) ** TOTAL = 160 POINTS **